*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ AVKARE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2016-1630 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:15-cv-01015-EDK, Judge Elaine Kaplan.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ J AMES S. P HILLIPS , Argus Legal, PLLC, McLean, VA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by J AMES S. D EL S ORDO , Manassas, VA.

J AMES W ILLIAM P OIRIER , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.

Also represented by M ARTIN F. H OCKEY , J R ., R OBERT E.

K IRSCHMAN , J R ., B ENJAMIN C. M IZER ; M AURA C ATHERINE B ROWN , E LYSE M. G RIFFITHS , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL.

______________________ T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (N EWMAN , M OORE , and W ALLACH , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT January 27, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court